On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 15:00:54 -0600 (Central Standard Time), Ronald R
Horner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Let's take a step back here.  These databases that I'm working with were
>designed by a 3rd party that we bought the software from.  So any ideas about
>redesigning the databases are out.  I'd like to, but I have to stay in
>business.

Well you aren't changing the *structure* of the database. Repacking
along a given chain only changes the order of the records in the
dataset. Re-orging is good. HOWMESSY is good because it can tell you
all kinds of things that may or may not be wrong. It can especially
tell you if you have your master datasets sized incorrectly. :)

Perhaps some of the IMAGE wizards can refresh me .. does the "primary
path" have anything special about it? It should be the path most often
used to chain-read the records in the dataset ... but how does Image
treat a primary path differently than any other path? Does it?